CORRECTION: an earlier version incorrectly mentioned drug trafficking offenses Today, a federal jury in Maryland convicted three men, Wilson Arturo Constanza-Galdomez, also known as Humilde and Marco Saravia, 26, of El Salvador, Edis Omar Valenzuela- …
Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland issued a sentencing memo following Nicholas John Roske’s April 8 guilty plea for the attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. “This attempt against the life of a Supreme Court …
The Justice Department Office of Tribal Justice joins the federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement family in mourning the passing last week of Edward Reina, a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, (Akimel O’odham) and a retired …
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery, “Winning the Race in Artificial Intelligence Through Real Competition” Thank you for the kind introduction. Thanks to the organizers and to those who have traveled from near and far to exchange ideas at this conference. It …
A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty yesterday to filing a false tax return. The following is according to court documents and statements made in court: Denise Thibodeau, of Berlin, owned and operated North Country Angels, a home health care business. Most …
Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into the City of Austin, Texas, to determine whether it engages in employment practices that discriminate based on race, sex, color, and national origin in violation of Title …
A district court judge yesterday convicted a previously convicted sex offender of distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while on supervised release. “This defendant continued to sexually exploit children online while on court- …
OVW conducted a pre-application information session for its Fiscal Year 2025 Restorative Practices Pilot Sites Program. During the presentation, OVW staff reviewed this NOFO’s requirements and discussed the program.
It is great to speak with you today at ACAMS’ Assembly. The Assembly brings together the largest group of anti-financial crime and anti-money laundering professionals to learn about critical issues facing the U.S. and global financial systems. Today, I’d …
Braden Birdsong, 28, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Bernard M. Jones for the Western District of Oklahoma today and pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime violation. According to filed plea documents and today’s court …
An indictment was unsealed Friday charging two Florida men for their roles in a scheme to submit approximately $34.8 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary products. As part of the scheme, the defendants and their co- …
An indictment unsealed today in the Middle District of Louisiana charges a Guatemalan national residing illegally in the United States with fraud related to the submission of an application to sponsor an unaccompanied alien child (UAC). “As alleged, this …
Today, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice announces its collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to identify over 125 anticompetitive regulations in response to the President’s Executive Order on Reducing Anti-Competitive …
INTRODUCTION[1] It’s a privilege to be in the company of so many distinguished members of our New York Community. I’d like to take a moment to recognize a few members of our law enforcement community. While we certainly can improve – and New Yorkers want …
Yuanjun Tang, 68, a naturalized citizen of the United States and resident of Flushing, Queens, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act in the United States as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). According to court documents, …
The vice president of a Miami-based seafood wholesaler pleaded guilty today to conspiring with competitors to fix prices for the purchase of stone crab claws and spiny lobster in Florida. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in …
Today, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division sued the states of Oregon and Maine, and their respective Secretaries of State, for failing to provide information regarding voter list maintenance procedures and electronic copies of statewide voter …
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit today against the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the Providence Public School District (PPSD) over their “Educators of Color Loan Forgiveness Program” (Program) through which new PPSD teachers who …
Note: View motion here. The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) yesterday filed a motion for summary judgment in its challenge to the State of Vermont’s “climate superfund” law, which imposes what will likely be billions …
On September 15, a U.S. District Court in Maryland granted a Justice Department motion for judgment revoking the naturalization of convicted sex offender Jorge Antonio Graciano Lara. The government sued in November 2024 to strip Graciano Lara of his U.S. …
